IDIOM INTERNET ASSIGNMENT

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PART 1: Directions: On a separate piece of paper, write the idiom, then write the meanings of these frequently used idioms:

1. water under the bridge _________________________

2. pay through the nose ________________________

3. under the weather _____________________

4. go around in circles _____________________

5. out of the frying pan and into the fire________

6. make your hair stand on end _____________________

7. nose to the grindstone___________________

8. pie in the sky _____________________

9. fly off the handle_______________________

10. tongue in cheek _____________________

11. clean as a whistle__________________________

12. bury your head in the sand________________________

13. lay down the law_______________________

14. throw in the towel __________________________

15. jump on the bandwagon________________________

16. the ball is in your court________________

17. hold your horses_________________________

18. eat crow _______________________

19. a bad hair day ___________________________

20. bury the hatchet __________________________